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When 3658-3660 18th Street came to market in April, we knew that buyers would overlook the bright green carpeting, the funky paint colors and the complete gut job needed in the kitchens and bathrooms. We figured they’d be willing to overlook these defects due to the duplex’s prime location at 18th and Dolores and its …

Williams-Sonoma may be known for its high-end kitchenware, but that didn’t stop the owners of Williams-Sonoma CEO Howard Lester’s former Pacific Heights home from gutting, expanding and modernizing not just the formerly traditional kitchen, but most of Lester’s 5-bedroom, 6.5-bath mansion. (See before and after pics in the slide show above.) Lester bought the home …

Here’s something you don’t see every day: A cute, well-kept San Francisco condo has just sold for under a half million. But don’t let the $415K sale price fool you. At 291 square feet, this itty-bitty SoMa condo is nowhere near as cheap as it is small, like, studio-with-a-Murphy-bed small, or as Curbed described it, like …

How do you double the value of a home without dramatically adding to the square footage? In the case of an Outer Richmond home on 35th Avenue, you restore the charming Craftsman exterior while dramatically updating every surface of the interior in a style that both fits and flatters the 1913 home. When the home …

Medieval Times fans, rejoice! A new St. Francis Wood listing can have you partying like it’s 1599 in no time. The three-bedroom, two-bath gothic Tudor-style home was built in 1926, when the 15th- and 16th-century British style was having a comeback on the West Coast. The home has soaring ceilings and exposed beams in both …

Anne Hathaway fans and millionaires, take note. The home seen in 2001′s Whitney Houston-produced “The Princess Diaries” is on the market for a regal 2.6 million dollars. Located at 724 Brazil Avenue in San Francisco’s Excelsior District, this 103-year old building was originally a firehouse before becoming a residential property, and eventually cast as homely …

We know, the phrase “high-end homes” in San Francisco seems a bit redundant, but 2602 Pacific Ave deserves attention. Originally designed by architect Samuel Newsom (whose classic style was last explored on SF Gate in 2005 by David Weinstein), it has since enjoyed excellent upkeep, impeccable remodeling, and plenty of Hollywood attention. According to Curbed, […] …

One year ago, Pacific Union CEO Mark McLaughlin attended a game-changing lecture about the future of Chinese investment in the U.S. The speaker was Elizabeth Harrington, the U.S. publisher at large of the Hurun Report, an authority on the wealthiest … …

Yes, it’s true. Rents in the Bay Area are crazy, in San Francisco, the South Bay, and in the formerly “affordable” East Bay. SF Weekly confirmed: San Francisco has been crowned the “second least affordable city in the nation,” with resident… …

San Francisco is not alone in demanding housing prices that present economic challenges—if not outright hardship—to its residents. According to The Demand Institute, home prices will rise an average of 2.1% annually each year from 2015 to 2018, whi… …